RIT Dubai offers a variety of scholarships that extend up to 50 per cent Hameed Al Obaidi, Senior Admissions Counsellor, RIT Dubai Image Credit: Supplied
In conversation with Hameed Al Obaidi, Senior Admissions Counsellor, RIT Dubai
What courses and majors are popular at RIT Dubai?
Computing Security, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Data Analytics are popular at RIT Dubai.
We are also introducing two new programmes this year the Master of Computing Security and Master of Future Foresight and Planning.
All the programmes offered at RIT Dubai aim to give students the chances to reinvent themselves and work on solutions and scenarios faced by organisations in the real world.
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Universities in the UAE are slashing fees and offering Ramadan discounts to attract students and ease the financial burden on families.
Last year, higher education institutions delivered significant discounts to mitigate the impact of the outbreak and this trend has continued in 2021.
Some have restructured their entire fee models this year, while others offer discounts of 50 per cent.
Here is a snapshot of what s available.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai
Heriot-Watt University Dubai has launched a new scholarship scheme which is running during Ramadan.
Under the HWUD Community Award, students will have their first year s fees reduced by Dh8,000.
This scholarship is aimed at new students applying for the September term and the deadline for applications is May 15.
Ramadan UAE: Varsities launch scholarships during holy month
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Reduced fee packages and 50 per cent scholarships being offered by institutions.
Universities in the UAE are rolling out Ramadan special scholarships to students, easing the worries of many families impacted by the pandemic.
“We have reduced our entire fee packages for 2021. Keeping with the spirit of Ramadan, this has now been extended to all current and new students, said Dr James Trotter, dean and academic president of Murdoch University – Dubai. We are also offering a 50 per cent scholarship for the first year of the undergraduate degree with academic merit-based scholarships up to 40 per cent for the second and third year. Our Global MBA course has a guaranteed 20 per cent scholarship as well. The Early Bird bursary of five per cent for the September 2021 intake will also run through all of Ramadan, he added.